Indicating slide device



Oct. 13, 1942. G. ALvARl INDICATING SLIDE DEVICE Filed March 1, 1939 Suma/who@ "fr, a 1

Patented Oct. 13, 1942 UNITEB STATES PATENT :OFFICE INDICATING sLiDE DEVICE George Alvari, `lvrooklyn, application Maren 1, 1939,l serial ue. 259,299

1 claim. 91. l.23engen u My invention relates to improvements in indicating ydevices of the type comprising two or more slides lodged in an enveloping body.

In knowndevices of this kind each of the slides could only be individually set or in certain instances one of the two slides, when reaching a predetermined position with relation to the lother slide, was carried on by the latter by means of a stop or driver. Consequently, the indicating result could only be found for aV relatively restricted number of conditions, as determined by the positive cooperation of the two slides.

vThis drawback is obviated, according to my invention, by lthe Afact that the different slides are arranged in a manner so as topermit a setting of either slide yindividually or of both slides simultaneously, means beingY provided by which the slides may be united together to attain a common setting of the slides in any relation. A device of this 'kind may be used for a great number of mathematical and technical' indications ofall-kinds, for tables, time tables, railway schedulesand thelikfe- Y The device may be constructed of any appropriate material such Yas cardboard, sheet metal, cellulosic Xanthogenate and may be of different shapes, for example, rectangular with longitudinally sliding slides or of a circular shape withA rotating slides.

` Preferably, the uniting means constitutes a screw bolt secured to the under slide andon whichis screwed a nut shaped as a setting knob protruding vonthe upper side of the body of the device.

However, there may also be employed a jamming .device embodying va pivoted eccentric pressure lever uniting .the slides whereby the latter may be operated in unison.

A(')tler objects and vfeatures of my invention will be set out in the following description When taken in conjunction with the appended drawingshowing embodiments of the invention and in which Fig. 1 is a plan view of the upper side of an indicating slide device.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the under side of the indicating slide device of Fig. l.

Fig. 3 is an end View of the slide device shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

Fig. 4 is a sectional view on a larger scale taken on line 4 4 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is a sectional view of a modified form of the slide uniting means.

Fig. 6 is also a sectional view of the uniting 55 means of Fig. 5 taken in a plane at right angles 1o theater'.

Fig. 7 is a view similar to Fig. 5 but of a modied form of the slide uniting -means.

Fig. 8 is a'pla yievv'o'fa vmodified form of the indicating slide device employing rotating slides.

Referring first tothe structure shown in Figs. l to 'fi inclusive ofthe drawing, the reference numeral I ldesignates fthe enveloping body of the slide device inthe shape of a rectangular sheath of `thin carl'libard"l open at the opposite rends thereof. The device comprises two superimposed slides lodged in the sheathY I' so as to perform, when displaced, a longitudinal'sliding movement and includes an undersli'de '2 and an upper slide A3, preferably'also formed vof cardboard.l At its left'inargin the under sl'ideZ is provided with a flap .2f folded upon the upper slide`3 so vas to partiallyY cover the latter. The sheath '.I has an aperture IA in its upper face adjacent the top edge thereof and a similar 'aperture la adjacent the bottom edge, both apertures extending transyersely of thesheath'l.A The latter is Vprovided with a l.longitudinal slot `IsVv adjacent its right hand edge intermediate vthe apertures IA and" Ia. The upper slide3l'1as a slot 3s o'f equal length and (zo-extensiveiwith the slot IS.

The meansffor uniting the two slides, when desiredis'constructed'as follows. A screw bolt :his secured tothe under slide v2, see Fig. 4, said boltl traversingfthe two superimposed slots Is and f3'sof vthe sheath vI and the slide 3, respectively'. `A threaded nut .'"5 in the shape of a settingknob -threa'dedly engages screw bolt 4. The setting knob B'h'as'a circular groove into which thetwo marginsof the slot Is of the sheath vI protrude, and in 'this ymanner the setting knob is, guided in Ntheslot Is, and at the saine time the loss 'of the knob` is prevented in the event that it should becorneunscrewed'from the bolt 4.'

The sheath Ilias anumber of apertures l0 on its under v`facefln the drawing, the indicating dev'ieis shown asre'fer'ring `to the drillings of bores vin `various '.matgerials. In this case, the diameters'of the dr'illsarev indicated on the flap 2f so' as to be visible .through the aperture IA. The number of'frvolutions per vminute'of ,the drilling spindle is indicated on the upper slide 3 adjacent'the'inner edge o'f'the flap 2f and may be seen through the aperture IA near the diameter indication. The material which is to be drilled is marked on the lower portion of the upper slide 3 so as to be visible through the aperture la. in the sheath I. Finally, the times of drilling in minutes for an advance of 10 mm., when operating the feed manually, are marked on the under side of the slide 2 adjacent its upper portion. The materials to which this time data refers are marked on the under side of sheath I, the abbreviation being as follows: copper (Co), bronze (B), cast-iron (C), aluminium (A), brass (Br) and steel (St).

The operation of the indicating slide device described above is as follows.

Assuming that a bore is to be drilled in copper by a, drill having a diameter of 4 mm., th'e slide 2 with the knob 5 in released condition is iirst set so as to read a xed index, for example, number 2 in the aperture IA. The slide 3 is then set in a position in which the word copper appears in the aperture Ia. The setting knob 5 is then tightened and by operating the same the two united slides 2 and 3 are now displaced in unison until the diameter 4 appears in the aperture IA. The required number of revolutions of the drilling spindle (5000) may now be read in the aperture IA beside the indication of the diameter, and on the reverse side of the sheath I the time and minutes for a drilling depth of mm.

Obviously, other'indicating or calculating problems may be solved in this manner with two or more slides to be displaced each individually or in unison by means of the uniting means described. A very useful and practical application would be its use as a time table or in the computation of railway times to supplant the railway time table now in use.

A modified arrangement for uniting the two slides is shown in Figs. 5 and 6. In this form the necessity of loosening and tightening a setting knob is avoided. In place of a screw bolt a resilient standard 6 protrudes into the slots 3s and Is and is secured to the under slide 2. The upper end of the standard 6 carries a pin B by means ol' which a clamping piece 'I provided with a Vertically upstanding lever Ih is supported. Th'e clamping piece on opposite sides thereof extends beyond the margins of the slot 3s of the slide 3 and is provided with grooves into which protrude the margins of the slot I s in the sheath I. The under endface of the clamping piece 1 is slightly curved so as to provide a clamping shoe 1f, the top of which is close to the surface of the slide 2, without however touching the latter. When it is desired to displace the two slides jointly this is accomplished by simply tilting the lever Ih in one direction or the other. Consequently the clampying shoe 'I f engages the surface of the slide 3 and presses it into contact with the slide 2 so as to bind the two slides for simultaneous displacement. When released, the lever Ih will return to its initial position due to the resiliency of the standard B. When it is desired to merely displace only the slide 2, this is accomplished by holding the lever 'Ih in its normal upstanding position.

A further modication of the uniting means is shown in Fig, '7. A U-shaped bracket is secured to the under slide 2 so as to traverse the slots Is and 3s and its upper open end protrudes above the upper face of the sheath' I. lA clamping member I3 is associated with the bracket, said member having a circular guide groove in to which the margins of the sheath defining the slot Is project. A transversely extending pivot bar IU of a clamping .eccentric II is pivoted to the bracket, and in the position shown the eccentric presses the clamping member I3 against the upper surface of the slide 3 so as to unite the same with the slide 2. An operating handle I2 is secured to the pivot bar III and when said handle is oscillated to one side or the other as indicated by the arrows, the clamping eccentric is turned so as to release the clamping member I3 to bring about disengagement of the upper from the under slide.

The indicating slide device embodying the principles of the invention may also be made in a circular shape such as illustrated in Fig. 8. The sheath I may constitute two circular discs connected together on a portion of their outer circumferences and carrying in their center a pivot pin C for the slides 2 and 3' also of circular shape. The flap 21 corresponding to the ap 2f of Fig. l takes the form of a circular disc of smaller diameter than the rotatable slide members 2 and 3', said flap 2f being rmly connected to the associated rotatable disc 2 by a central bushing (not shown in the drawing) whereby the iiap rotates in unison with said lower disc 2'. Ccncentric slots Is and a slot in the rotatable disc 3' are provided, the former being located in the upperface of the sh'eath I. There are also reading apertures IA and Ia in the sheath I'. The upper disc 3 is provided with a lug 3p protruding from the circumference of the sheath whereby said disc may be turned, while the lower rotatable disc 2 may be turned by means of a setting knob 5 which', when tightened, causes the turning in unison of the two discs 2 and 3'. On its outer surface the sheath I' may be provided with indicia such as graduations indicating a twenty four hour railway timetable,

While the invention has been described in detail it will be appreciated that various changes and modifications may be made as will be apparent to those skilled in the art. It is contemplated to cover all such' and to be limited in this respect only as may be necessary by the scope of the claim hereto appended.

What I claim is:

An indicating slide device comprising an elongated sheath formed of united top and bottom faces, said top face having transversely extending openings spaced longitudinally thereof, said top face also having a longitudinally extending slot intermediate its ends and adjacent an edge of said top face, an upper and a lower indiciabearing member slidably mounted in said sheath, means secured to said lower indicia-bearing member and extending through said slot for moving said lower member longitudinally in said sheath, said means comprising a threaded post fastened to said lower member, a knob threadedly engaging said post, said knob being operable to frictionally clamp said upper and lower members together for moving same in unison, said knob further having a circumferential groove receiving the edges of the sheath which define the longitudinal slot in the upper face thereof.

GEORGE ALVARI. 

